NSC An Introduction of APEC Research Center for

NSC An Introduction of APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society (ACTS) and 2011 APEC Typhoon Symposium (APTS) Ben Jong-Dao Jou Chief Executive Officer, ACTS March 1 st , 2011 at NCU

Outline Introduction of ACTS II. Activity of ACTS III. 2011 APEC Typhoon Symposium (APTS) Progress Report I.

I. Introduction of ACTS and SC, SAC and Working Group Meeting

Milestone SEP. 2009 The initiative of establishing a typhoon and heavyrain research center in Taipei was proposed by National Science Council (NSC) in the 37 th APECISTWG Meeting at Suzhou, China. JAN. 2010 It is recommended by consensus from representatives of APEC Member Economics in the Asia‐Pacific Typhoon Workshop (APTW) at Manila to be named “APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society” (“ACTS” for short) APR. 2010 The initiative was approved in the 38 th APEC‐ISTWG meeting at Singapore. SEP. 2010 Full proposal of ACTS establishment was approved by Member Economies of APEC in the 39 th ISTWG meeting at Sendai, Japan. NOV. 2010 The Grand Opening of the ACTS was held in Taipei. The center started to function and 1 st SC and SAC joint meeting was held at Taipei at the same time.

APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society (ACTS) Establishment (Grand Opening 22 November 2010) The ACTS is an APEC self-funded Center which approved by Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (APEC-ISTWG) in September 2010.

Characteristics of ACTS An Intergovernmental Organization in Taiwan Interdisciplinary approach to reduce threats from natural hazards A platform for sharing typhoon and weather extremes related science, technology and experience among APEC Member Economies ACTS platform Domestics • Science • Technology • Experience • WG • Symposium • Training Program APEC ME • Information • Inter‐ governmental Cooperation

ACTS Goal Save lives and reduce losses (救命減災) Promote researches on improving the understanding of typhoon and heavy rain characteristics in Asia‐Pacific region, especially the interaction of typhoon, monsoon, and complex terrain Establish a collaborative platform on sharing typhoon and heavy rain‐related information and experience among member economies of APEC Provide recommendations of adaptation strategies on reducing social‐economic impacts

Strategy Research Ø Basic Scientific Studies Ø Socio‐Economic Studies Application Ø Develop toolkits Cooperation Education Ø Training Program Ø Newsletters Cooperation Communication Ø APEC Typhoon Symposium Ø Visiting Scholar Program Research Application Education

ACTS Organization According to TOR, ACTS will hold APEC Typhoon Symposium (APTS) and ACTS SAC and WG meeting annually.

ACTS 2011 Activity 4/9 -14 ACTS-WG APTS ACTS-SAC 11/22 1 st SC+SAC meeting Grand Opening 2010 2012 2011 Jan Feb 9/22 39 th ISTWG meeting (ACTS approved) Sep. 41 th ISTWG Chile Mar Apr 3/5‐ 7 40 th ISTWG meeting Washington DC Newsletter release May Jun Typhoon monitoring Jul Aug Sep 5/17‐ 20 Manila Office opening 1 st Training Program, Cebu Oct Nov Dec Nov. 2 nd ACTS Board meeting 2 nd Training Program

First ACTS SC and SAC Joint Meeting was held at Taipei on 22 Nov 2010

ACTS Headquarters

Inter-Governmental Cooperation Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Service Administration National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction Shanghai Typhoon Institute The APEC inter-governmental cooperation on typhoon-related issues can be enhanced through ACTS Working Group Operation

09: 00 – 09: 30 – 09: 40 – 09: 45 – 09: 55 – 10: 15 Registration at 6 th Floor of CWB Opening Remarks Introduction of APEC Secretariat Representative(s) Introduction of ACTS-WG members Introduction of ACTS 10: 15 - 10: 35 Host Member Economy Institute Briefing 10: 35 – 10: 50 Break 10: 50 – 12: 30 Experience Sharing & Member Economy Reports (I) 12: 30 – 14: 00 Lunch buffet at CWB 14: 00 – 15: 40 Experience Sharing & Member Economy Reports (II) Break 15: 40 – 16: 00 – 17: 20 – 17: 30 Activity Plan of ACTS, briefing and discussion Concluding Remarks 18: 00 - 20: 30 Banquet hosted by DM Chen 1 st APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society (ACTS) Working Group (WG) Meeting Date: 10 April 2011 Venue: 6 F Meeting Room, CWB

No Member Economy 1 Australia ACTS WG members (tentative) Jeff Kepert 2 3 China Xiaotu Lei Hong Kong Johnny Chan 4 Indonesia 5 6 7 8 Japan Korea Malaysia New Zealand 9 Heru Kasidi Taro Shinoda Dong-In Lee Lim Ze Hui Andrew King Philippines Cynthia Celebre 10 Russia 11 Thailand 12 USA 13 Vietnam Affiliation Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research Shanghai Typhoon Institute, CMA City University of Hong Kong Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection Nagoya University Pukyong National University Malaysia Meteorological Department Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Hydro-meteorological Centre of Russia Yuri Simonov Maytee Thai Meteorological Department Mahayosananta Jiann-Gwo Jiing National Hurricane Center, NOAA Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Tran Thuc Environment, MONRE Singapore, Macao, Canada, Mexico, Chinese Taipei

II. 2011 APEC Typhoon Symposium (APTS) Organizing Major theme: Typhoon, Heavy Rain and Society Date: 11 -13 April 2011 Venue: 3 F, Far Eastern Plaza Shangri-la Hotel Taipei

APTS Organization (tentative) Sponsor Agencies • National Science Council (NSC) • Council of Agriculture (COA) • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) • Taipei City Government Executive Institute: APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society (ACTS) International Organizing Committee (IOC) Chaired by Minister Lou-Chuang Lee Dr. Richard Anthes, Dr. Taroh Matsuno, Engr. Mario Montejo, Dr. Guoguang Zheng International Program Committee (IPC) Academician Dr. Chao-Han Liu NCAR Director Dr. Roger Wakimoto Undersecretary Prof. F de la Pena Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Deputy Minister Dr. Cheng-Hong Chen Director General Willis T LIN Director General SS Chang, COA Executive Task Force: Prof. Ben JD JOU Academic affair group General affair group Communication group Meeting logistic group

Tentative Program for 2011 APEC Typhoon Symposium (APTS) Sat. 09 April Sun. 10 April Mon. 11 April Tues. 12 April Early Registration for ACTS-WG at Shangri-la Hotel, Taipei ACTS-WG meeting at 6 F CWB Early Registration for APTS guests (Shangri-la Hotel, Taipei) Coupon dinner Banquet hosted by DM Chen (NSC) APEC Typhoon Symposium (APTS): Typhoon, Heavy Rain, and Society Shangri-la Hotel, Taipei Morning Opening and Keynote Session Afternoon Session I: Landfall Typhoons: Observation and Prediction Session II: Heavy Rains: Understanding and Technology Banquet hosted by Minister LC Lee (NSC) APTS continues, Shangri-la Hotel, Taipei Morning Session III: Social Resilience and Post-Disaster Recovery Session IV: Slope-land Disaster and Mitigation Technology Afternoon Session V: Climate Extremes and Disaster Management Concluding Session Tues. 12 April ACTS Science Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting Wed. 13 April Field Excursion (Taipei City Flood Management and Taipei Flora Expo) Taipei City Government Thurs. 14 April Departure APTS ends at 4: 40 pm Buffet dinner at 6 pm 5 -7 pm at B 1, Shangrila Hotel, banquet follows

APTS Opening & Keynote Session (9 -12 am, 11 April 2011) (Tentative program) Chaired by: Prof. Ben Jong-Dao Jou, CEO ACTS 08: 30 – 09: 00 On-site Registration 09: 00 – 09: 05 Opening Remarks Dr. Lou-Chuang Lee, Chair of IOC, Minister of National Science Council 09: 05 – 09: 10 Opening Remarks Prof. F. de la Peña, Chair of IPC, Undersecretary of Department of Science and Technology, The Philippines 09: 10 – 09: 15 Opening Remarks Madam Wan Zaharah Wan Mohamad, Lead Shepherd of ISTWG APEC, Under Secretary, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, 09: 15 – 09: 20 Opening Remarks Dr. Wu-Hsiung Chen, Minister of Council of Agriculture (TBA) 09: 20 – 09: 50 Keynote 1 09: 50 - 10: 30 Break 10: 30 – 11: 00 Keynote 2 11: 00 – 11: 30 Keynote 3 11: 30 – 12: 00 Keynote 4 Clouds in Tropical Cyclone, Dr. Robert A Houze Jr. , Prof. University of Washington, USA and AMS Rossby Award 2006 Recipient Group Photo Climate Change and Tropical Cyclone, Dr. Taroh Matsuno, Special Advisor of MEXT, Japan and AMS Rossby Award 1999 recipient Potential Application of Formosat-3 on Weather/Climate Research and Forecasting, Dr. Richard Anthes, President of University Cooperation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR), USA Dynamics of Concentric Eyewall and Typhoon Intensity Variation, Dr. Hung. Chi Kuo, Chair Professor of National Taiwan University, Taipei

Monday 11 April 2011 1: 30 -3: 30 pm, Session I. Landfall Typhoons: Observation and Prediction Chair: Dr. Hiroshi Uyeda, Nagoya University, Japan Co-Chair: Dr. Tien-Chiang Yeh, Central Weather Bureau, Chinese Taipei Prof. Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei Dr. Johnny Chan, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong Dr. Jiann-Gwo Jiing, National Hurricane Center, USA Dr. Cheng-Shang Lee, Taiwan Typhoon Flood Research Institute, Chinese Taipei Dr. Jing-Shan Hong, Central Weather Bureau, Chinese Taipei Dr. Hiroyuki Yamada, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Open Discussion 1. Advances in Typhoon Research DOTSTAR, T-PARC, and ITOP 2. TBA 3. Issues related to TC forecasting in NHC 4. TTFRI: An introduction 5. Ensemble typhoon quantitative precipitation forecast system 6. Typhoon observations in East Philippine Sea 3: 45 -5: 45 pm, Session II. Heavy Rain: Understanding and Technology Chair: Dr. Tai-Chi Chen Wang, National Central University, Chinese Taipei Co-Chair: Dr. Johnny Chan, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong Dr. Hiroshi Uyeda, Nagoya University, Japan Dr. Xiaotu Lei, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, China Dr. Tai-Chi Chen Wang, National Central University, Chinese Taipei Dr. Jeff Kepert, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Australia Dr. Wen-Chau Lee, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Dr. Dong-In Lee, Pukyong National University, Korea Dr. Pao-Liang Chang, Central Weather Bureau, Chinese Taipei Open discussion 1. Lesson Learned from the study of heavy rain in Japan 2. Lesson learned from radar study of typhoon Morakot 3. Tropical cyclone in Australia 4. VORTRAX system introduction 5. Heavy rain in Korea 6. Integrated RADAR information system －QPESUMS

Tuesday 12 April 2011 8: 30 -10: 30 am, Session III. Social Resilience and Post Disaster Recovery Chair: Dr. Daigee Shaw, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei Co-Chair: Dr. Helen Suh, Harvard School of Public Health, USA Dr. Jen-Hsiang Chuang, Center for Disease Control, Taipei Dr. Michelle N. Podgornik, National Center for Environmental Health, USA Ms. Ngu Wah Win (Peter Calkins), Chiang Mai University, Thailand Dr. Heru Kasidi, Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, Indonesia Dr. Emmanuel M. Luna, University of Philippines, The Philippines Dr. Hsin-Chi Li (Hui Hsuan Yang, Chuan-zhong Deng, Chen-Yi Chen) , National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taipei Open Discussion 1. Post-typhoon infectious disease surveillance and control in Taiwan 2. TBA 3. The impacts of cyclone Nargis on income distribution, happiness, and social capital 4. Gender issue in disaster management 5. Post-disaster recovery and risk reduction strategy 6. Disaster impacts of Typhoon Morakot from social, economic and mental aspects 10: 45 -12: 30 pm, Session IV. Slope-land Disasters and Mitigation Strategy Chair: Dr. Hongey Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei Co-Chair: Dr. Cynthia Celebre, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, The Philippines Dr. Grant Dellow, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand Dr. Andrew King, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand Dr. Cheng-Yang Lee, Soil Water Conservation Bureau, Taipei Dr. Jan Hua Ju, Ministry of Land Resources, China Prof. Joel Marciano, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, the Philippines Open discussion 1. Landslide modeling experience in New Zealand 2. Management of disaster response planning in New Zealand 3. Slope-land disaster management in Taiwan 4. Geological disaster in China 5. Landslide detection sensor and mudflow

Tuesday 12 April 2011 1: 30 -3: 30 pm, Session V. Climate Extreme and Disaster Management Chair: Dr. Russell L. Elsberry, Naval Postgraduate School, USA Co-Chair: Dr. Lee-Yaw Lin, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Chinese Taipei Dr. Nathaniel T. Servando, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, The Philippines Dr. Mong-Ming Lu, Central Weather Bureau, Chinese Taipei Mr. Lim Ze Hui, Malaysia Meteorological Department, Malaysia Dr. Shu-Hua Lin, APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society (ACTS) Dr. Yuri Simonov, Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, Russia Dr. Tran Thuc, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Environment, Vietnam Open Discussion 3: 50 – 4: 30 pm 4: 30 – 4: 40 pm 1. Climate extremes in the Philippines 2. Variations of annual frequency of extreme rainfall events in Taiwan during the period of 1951 -2010 3. Severe weather in Malaysia: Monitoring, forecasting and challenges. 4. Water resource index under climate change in Taiwan 5. Flooding management in Russia on Kuban River experience 6. Climate change programs in Vietnam 3: 50 -4: 40 pm, Concluding Session Prof. Ben Jong-Dao Jou, ACTS Final discussion of the issues raised Prof. Yu-Chieng Liou, NCU, CT in each session Prof. Chih-Pei Chang, NPS, USA Dr. Nathaniel T. Servando, PAGASA Dr. Cheng-Hong Chen, NSC Closing Remarks Prof. F. de la Peña, DOST

APTS Field Excursion (Wednesday, 13 April 2011) Tentative Plan: Visit Taipei City Government, Flood Management Plan, Emergency Response Center, and Taipei Flora Expo. Participants ~ 80 persons (from 14 member economies of APEC) Schedule: 9: 30‐ 11: 30, City Government, Flood Management Plan, Emergency Response Center 11: 30‐ 13: 30, Lunch (hosted by Taipei City Government) 13: 30‐ 17: 00, Visit Taipei Flora Expo 18: 00‐ 20: 00 Taipei Brewery (原建國啤酒廠) End of excursion trip

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